| Suigi 10.06.2005 22:10 |
Don't fool me, you've wanted to prance about like the Frederator for a while now. Question is, have you? And if so, to which tunes? In Grade 9, before I got sucked into Queensanity, I sang "Fat Bottomed Girls" at a school event. It was the only one I kinda knew. I fucked up VASTLY. And yet, I still won NBA tickets. Go figure... Fastforward a year to Grade 11, where I chose to do Radio Ga Ga. Was actually on-key. Even did a little prancing. Kinda hard to do without the full mic stand, tho'. And just a few days ago, I mangled Hammer to Fall for a presentation in English. All things considered, I'll keep doing it. My voice does sound kinda like Freddie's...except I'm three octaves lower...and with 1.5 octaves less range... Oh, the foibles of a 6'4" permanently-baritone Queen fan... |
| bitesthedust 11.06.2005 06:29 |
Suigi wrote: Don't fool me, you've wanted to prance about like the Frederator for a while now. Question is, have you? And if so, to which tunes? In Grade 9, before I got sucked into Queensanity, I sang "Fat Bottomed Girls" at a school event. It was the only one I kinda knew. I fucked up VASTLY. And yet, I still won NBA tickets. Go figure... Fastforward a year to Grade 11, where I chose to do Radio Ga Ga. Was actually on-key. Even did a little prancing. Kinda hard to do without the full mic stand, tho'. And just a few days ago, I mangled Hammer to Fall for a presentation in English. All things considered, I'll keep doing it. My voice does sound kinda like Freddie's...except I'm three octaves lower...and with 1.5 octaves less range... Oh, the foibles of a 6'4" permanently-baritone Queen fan...I've done We Will Rock You - intermixed with a snippet from Somebody To Love, the drum beat with "find me, somebody to love, find me..."etc. leading into Rock You. |
| Eviltwin 11.06.2005 11:17 |
Oh please, i'd be far too embarassed. |
| All I Hear Is Radio Gaga 11.06.2005 12:36 |
I haven't done Queen karoke around other people yet, but I'm looking forward to that day when i do....:) |
| Penetration_Guru 11.06.2005 13:05 |
There was a Dutch bar, the night before a Dutch convention. There was a group of UK fans all drinking together. It was messy.... |
| wembley86 11.06.2005 16:02 |
when i lived in the hot state of arizona every bar is a karaoke bar. i got to sing BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY. this one lady came up to me and said that was the best i've heard someone sing that song. i was surprised to her that from that lady. i sang it because i love freddie so much. i gave it my best. i had tears in my eyes at the last vocal. thinking of FREDDIE at wembley. i also sang RADIO GA GA. i told my friend to do the claping during the chorus part. he didn't get it. "OH WELL". when i talk to the same friend he sings BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY at the bars he goes to. at least he's keeping it alive. "EVERY WAY THE WIND BLOWS." |
| Megamike The GREAT 11.06.2005 16:33 |
Japan has released this 2 disc set of Queen Karaoke.. and I have sang EVERY song on it.. AT LEAST once.. sure there will NEVER be a repeat of me doing Flash, or Under PRessure.. come to think of it I really don't think I will be doing any of them anymore.. besides Tie Your Mother Down.. Which I seem to do a VERY good job on, and You're My Best Friend.. as a promise to my Girlfriend.. after that I will hang up my vocal cords and try something more daring.. ok.. maybe not.. but I will hang up my Queen singing. |
| FreDRicca_MeRcUrY 11.06.2005 19:53 |
a kind of magic and the show must go on and OMG the freak queen fan i is i sucked...stone cold crazy and fat bottomed girls next! |
| Crazy LittleThing 11.06.2005 22:10 |
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Everyone survived. There were no casualties. |
| Suigi 11.06.2005 22:41 |
Hey, I also did Crazy Little Thing! Kinda forgot to mention that 'un. Of course, my voice being so much lower than Freddie's, people thought I was singing an Elvis tune. Ouchies. That being said, I am slowly amassing the MP3s of said karaoke disc. Might even seed them, if I have the bandwidth and chance. |
| dragonzflame 12.06.2005 17:42 |
When I finished school we had a leavers' dinner for my year, with a karaoke machine. My friend and I had downed a bottle of red before we left for it and so by the time we got ther (by bus - we did NOT drive) we were pretty loaded. As it happened, we decided that it would be a great idea to get a bunch of teachers (one of whom was my boyfriend's dad) together to sing We Are the Champions with us at the end of the night. And we did, and it was marvellous. A great memory of finishing school. Good times. |
| All I Hear Is Radio Gaga 13.06.2005 19:23 |
I just remember that i did an imitation of Queen to Bohemian Rhapsody last October at a party, with a couple of my friends with inflatable instruments, i was on guitar and vocals, that is a great memory. :) |
| Sharron .G 13.06.2005 22:39 |
Paul Rodgers is singing karaoke with Queen right now. You and only you Freddie! We love and miss you RIP 1991 |
| Suigi 14.06.2005 00:33 |
Please stop saying that every time we talk about the Frederator and PR. It's a nice sentiment, but it's shared by EVERYONE on this board, and thus does not need repeating. Thank you. |
| Another Roger (re) 14.06.2005 05:40 |
Hard_Rocker wrote: I was at my friends B-day party, and she had karaoke set up, so I did 'Keep Yourself Alive', (me and my friends love Queen, so everybody knew the song) and with my long brownish hair and my voice(i have a deep voice for a girl) my friends told me i looked and sounded like Freddie. (I actually think i look like a mix between Freddie and John.)Cant you record a version of that? i havent heard many sound like Freddie Mercury :) |
| rc 14.06.2005 07:26 |
I did Under Pressure recently. It was terrible. |
| jona1 14.06.2005 07:51 |
used to do crazy little thing called love, all the time on karaoke, tried hammer to fall and killed it to high in places never again. |
| Smartie 14.06.2005 17:18 |
I already sang a couple of nice Queen tunes... We have a great Karaoke here in Frankfurt once a month and they don't have the shite Midi files, I think another Band played these Queen Karaoke Versions. So, I love to sing "One Vision", "These are the days of our lives" "Hammer to fall" "Show must go on" (hard to sing but i think they changed the key of the song so more people are able to sing) :)...hmm.. "We are the champions" and "Save me" which i did quite good, got lots of compliments for my singing after that one. A friend of mine has also a good singing voice and he always joins me on stage :) So its really nice to perform Queen Songs in a Karaoke bar, i grew up with these songs.. In the end we all team up and sing "Bohemian Rhapsody" :) Btw its really a good place to sing Karaoke, they have all that Rock stuff there and NO MIdi files.. |
| johnnymegabyte 15.06.2005 14:02 |
I own this karaoke CD. It's been played plenty a time in the last 4 years. THE SONGS OF QUEEN - BACK STAGE #B8017 (Only $5.99) Artist: Song: QUEEN KILLER QUEEN QUEEN BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY QUEEN THE SHOW MUST GO ON QUEEN IT'S A KIND OF MAGIC QUEEN I WANT IT ALL QUEEN WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS QUEEN ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST QUEEN RADIO GA GA QUEEN CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE QUEEN FRIENDS WILL BE FRIENDS QUEEN DON'T STOP ME NOW QUEEN IT'S A HARD LIFE QUEEN ONE VISION QUEEN INNUENDO QUEEN WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER QUEEN SAVE ME QUEEN HAMMER TO FALL link --> link |
| j_stone2525 26.12.2005 20:51 |
I Lip synced "Crazy little thing called love" in front of 3000 people when there was only 4 other "acts".(I know that's not Kataoke, but a "performance" anyway). |
| Future Queen Guitarist 26.12.2005 21:00 |
have not done a song but if given oppurtunity would sing tie ur mother down,radio gaga,headlong,i want it all,or another one bites the dust i sound like freddie and look like him so i guess it would work |
| deleted user 27.12.2005 10:39 |
I had a talent show at my school just last year and I did '39. Personally, I think I sucked. |
| deleted user 27.12.2005 11:00 |
Speaking of kareoke, does anyone here know how to remove the vocals from a song without ruining the backing track? |
| That guy who digs energy domes 27.12.2005 11:44 |
Ummm....I get to sing Queen quite a bit. My best work was at our schools EXPO thing where we did our own Queen concert. Here was our set list WE WILL ROCK YOU WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST SAVE ME HAMMER TO FALL LOVE OF MY LIFE WE WILL ROCK YOU (FAST) FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY GOD SAVE THE QUEEN |
| shanemcd 27.12.2005 19:40 |
I Tried Breakthru once in the Canaries ... well before I had started to play and sing their songs in detail. Lets just say, I'm glad I did it ... everyone needs to be humiliated every now and agin to know their limitations. I now know the Queen songs I can and can't sing (I have a low range) |
| Suigi 27.12.2005 23:41 |
shanemcd wrote: I Tried Breakthru once in the Canaries ... well before I had started to play and sing their songs in detail. Lets just say, I'm glad I did it ... everyone needs to be humiliated every now and agin to know their limitations. I now know the Queen songs I can and can't sing (I have a low range)Join the club of the Low Registers. |
| Fraz 28.12.2005 13:30 |
not on karaoke yet... must give it ago one of these days. |
| HyP 28.12.2005 13:44 |
<B><font color=black>*39*</B> wrote: Speaking of kareoke, does anyone here know how to remove the vocals from a song without ruining the backing track?ALESIS makes a couple of products that do just that. They also have one in the works that removes the Guitar parts. While nothing can completely remove them, this is the best one I've seen yet. Check out link for more info. Don't buy their other products, because they've gotten considerably worse in the last few years. |
| kagezan1313 28.12.2005 17:12 |
Sony boomboxes sometimes have a "karaoke" function on them, which will nearly mute the lead vocal track on any regular CD, and they have mic inputs so you can sing along through the speakers. Low-tech, but it works. As for my performances, I had my entire drama class in high school stomp their feet and clap while I sang the WWRY verses, to which everyone would help with the choruses. It was awesome, and we had a few teachers from down the hall poke their heads in to see what the hell was going on in the gym. I would later use Somebody To Love as an audition piece (nailed it) and made TYMD a regular cover with my first band. Nothing makes jaws drop like singing Freddie songs in a half-way decent fashion. |
| Saint Jiub 28.12.2005 18:39 |
I did Don't Try Suicide at a Royal Vision convention in Detroit in the mid 90's. At a wedding, the bride and groom had to smooch if someone sang a song with the word "love' in it. I sang a portion of Crazy Little Thing Called Love (my wife sang too)and many people at the wedding decided to clap along. |
| cabbage 28378 28.12.2005 18:46 |
Anyone who sings Karaoke is an idiot. that is all. peace out. ---------------------------------------------- whats WRONG with the world? |
| Madman007 29.12.2005 01:23 |
Four of my friends and I have a band and we play in bars and at friends' parties from time to time. The rest of the band all like Queen but would rather play from other bands but I bitch and moan untill I get my way and we have at least 4 Queen songs in the set list. P.S.- I'm the lead singer and use the Freddie mic stand and try to act like Freddie when I perform Queen songs, people just eat it up. Also, we get the best responses out of the audience when we do the Queen songs. These are some of the songs we've performed: Spread Your Wings Hammer To Fall I Want It All Tie Your Mother Down Under Pressure We Will Rock You We Are The Champions I'm In Love With My Car (sung by the drummer) Bo Rhap Somebody To Love Keep Yourself Alive Stone Cold Crazy Crazy Little Thing Called Love We Will Rock You (Fast) Love Of My Life and I play with the crowd sometimes. |
| deleted user 29.12.2005 11:58 |
Thanks you guys! And to Cabbage: Kareoke is FUN! |
| john bodega 11.01.2006 12:51 |
(sigh) link I'm not proud of it. In fact I'm so not proud of it I'm only imposing 30 seconds of it. :D |
| papercut 15.01.2006 12:46 |
i cant sing ! wish i could. |
| eedodededededea 15.01.2006 14:19 |
i have never sang any karaoke but i performed someb to love ,wwry, the show must go on. it mas pretty good except the final SHOWWW in the showmust, cos i have a voice which is lower than freddies |
| Dicky Hart 15.01.2006 21:03 |
ive been known to give a legendary 'i want to to break free' in the pub on occasion, hey after seven pints and a few vodka and cokes,its a laugh |
| Suigi 15.01.2006 21:06 |
eedodededededea wrote: i have never sang any karaoke but i performed someb to love ,wwry, the show must go on. it mas pretty good except the final SHOWWW in the showmust, cos i have a voice which is lower than freddiesDude, just about EVERY guy has a voice lower than Freddie's. Deal with it. And does anyone want me to post up my mangling of TADOOL? |
| john bodega 16.01.2006 01:45 |
"And does anyone want me to post up my mangling of TADOOL?" Can't be worse than mine. Go for it. |